Product Designer

Job DescriptionOpportunityWe are looking for experienced user experience designer to join our global team. You will build intuitive, beautiful and meaningful products in the space of cloud computing. You will be part of a highly collaborative group of creative problem solvers with a passion for innovation. In this role you will collaborate with cross-functional product teams across the globe, to create experiences for challenging problems around cloud computing. You must be comfortable engaging with customers, partners, and internal teams in both small and large group settings.Responsibilities

Closely collaborate with the product management and engineering teams to identify product goals and vision.

Partner with user experience researchers to talk directly with customers to understand the user needs, goals and motivations.

Conceptualize and define a design strategy that supports customer needs and business goals. Provide detailed end-end workflows and user flows illustrating the solution.

Closely collaborate with a geographically spread design team to co-design while ensuring consistency across the suite of products and services.

Advocate user needs throughout the development lifecycle in an agile/iterative environment to ensure problem-solution fit.

Verify and improve on designs through reviews, validations and formal usability testing with end users.

Become a subject matter expert with the ability to understand the latest architecture, technology, solution, market trends, as well as competitive offerings related to cloud computing.

Skills

Expert skills defining and analyzing user flows and workflows.

Expert skills in interaction design with a grasp of UCD process.

Story telling - ability to tell simple user stories illustrating solutions.

Strong leader and proven team player in a high achievement-oriented environment.

Excellent oral and written communication, presentation, and analytical skills.

Agile, adaptable, and capable of delivering new products and features.

Possess a very high level of comfort in working with developers in the presentation layer (for example, HTML, CSS).

Experience in working with tools such as Sketch, OmniGraffle and Adobe Creative Suite.

Experience with user research is a plus.

Good aesthetic sense will be helpful.

Strong prototyping skills desired.

Online portfolio.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Design, HCI or related field from reputed design institutes.

Experience

Strong background in user-centered design principles across desktop, mobile, and web platforms.

Proven track record for designing large-scale web-based applications.

Experience with designing SaaS services is a plus.

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